Statements

1. [It is hereby enacted] that it shall be lawful for [Imperator Caesar Vespasian Augustus] to (…), and to conclude treaties with whomsoever he shall wish, as it was lawful for the deified Augustus, for Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus and For Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; 2. And that it shall be lawful for him to convoke the senate, to propose a matter for discussion, to transmit to it a question submitted to him and to procure a decree of the senate by the proposal of a billand a division of the house; 3. And that, when a meeting of the senate shall be held in accordance with his pleasure or authority, by his order or injunction, or in his presence, all proceedings at such a meeting shall be accounted valid and observance shall be due them, just as if the meeting of the senate had been announced and held in accordance with ordinary procedure; 4. And that, whatsoever candidates for office, power, authority, or charge of any matter he shall have recommended to the Roman senate and people, and to whomsoever he shall have given or promised his support, account shall be taken extraordinarily of them at any comitia whatsoever; 5. And that it shall be lawful for him to advance and promote the boundaries of the pomerium whenever he shall think it advantageous for the state, as it was lawful for Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; 6. And that, whatsoever he shall think likely to promote the welfare of the state, the dignity of sacred and profane, public and private, interests, he shall have full right and authority to do and execute; as had the deified Augustus, Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, and Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; 7. And that, whatsoever laws and plebiscites were declared not to be binding on the deified Augustus, Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, or Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus to do by any law or bill, it shall be lawful for Imperator Caesar Vespasian Augustus to do all those things; 8. And that, whatsoever has been done, executed, decreed or commanded by Imperator Caesar Vespasian Augustus, or by any person on his order or injunction, before the passage of this law, shall be legal and valid, just as if it had been done by the people or plebs. 9. If any person has done or shall have done anything on account of this law contrary to provisions of any law, bill, plebiscite, or decree of the senate, or if, on account of this law, he shall have left undone what, in accordance with any law, bill, plebiscite, or decree of the senate, he should do, it shall not be a crime on his part, nor shall he be liable to pay any penalty to the people on that account, nor shall any person have the right of entering suit or proceeding judicially on that ground, nor shall any person allow suit concerning it to be carried on before him.

[…] or that it be lawful (for him) to make a treaty with whomever he shall wish, just as it was lawful for the divine Augustus, Ti. Iulius Caesar Augustus, and Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus;and that it be lawful for him to convene the senate, to report business, to transmit (business), to pass decrees of the senate by report and by division, just as it was lawful for the divine Augustus, Ti. Iulius Caesar Augustus, Ti. Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus;and that when the senate shall be convened according to his wish or authority, by his order or mandate or in his presence, the law in all matters should be maintained and observed, as if the senate had been summoned and was being convened according to statute;and that whomever, when they seek a magistracy, power, imperium, or care of anything, he shall have commended to the senate and people of Rome, or to whomever he shall have granted or promised his support in canvassing, account be taken of them at any elections extra ordinem;and that it be lawful for him to advance and extend the line of the pomerium when he shall deem it to be according to the public interest, just as it was lawful for Ti. Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus;and that whatever he shall deem to be according to the custom of the res publica and the “greaterness” of divine and human, public and private matters, there be right and power for him to undertake and to do, just as there was for the divine Augustus, Tiberius Iulius Caesar Augustus, and Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus;and that in whatever statutes or plebiscites it is written down, that the divine Augustus, or Tiberius Iulius Caesar Augustus, and Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus should not be bound, the emperor Caesar Vespasian should be released from those statutes and plebiscites; and that whatever it was appropriate for the divine Augustus, or Tiberius Iulius Caesar Augustus, or Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus to do according to any statute or rogatio, it be lawful for the emperor Caesar Vespasian Augustus to do all those things;and that whatever before the proposal of this statute has been undertaken, carried out, decreed or ordered by the emperor Caesar Vespasian Augustus or by anyone according to his order or mandate, they be lawful and binding, just as if they had been undertaken according to the order of the people or plebs.SANCTION. If anyone in implementation of this statute has acted or shall have acted contrary to statutes, rogationes, or plebiscites, or decrees of the senate, or if in implementation of this statute he shall not have done what it shall be appropriate for him to do according to a statute, rogatio, or plebiscite or decree of the senate, that is not to be a matter of liability for him, nor is he to be obliged to give anything to the people on account of that matter, nor is anyone to have action or right of judication concerning that matter, nor is anyone to allow there to be action before him concerning that matter.

1. [It is hereby enacted] that it shall be lawful for [Imperator Caesar Vespasian Augustus] to (���), and to conclude treaties with whomsoever he shall wish, as it was lawful for the deified Augustus, for Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus and For Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; 2. And that it shall be lawful for him to convoke the senate, to propose a matter for discussion, to transmit to it a question submitted to him and to procure a decree of the senate by the proposal of a billand a division of the house; 3. And that, when a meeting of the senate shall be held in accordance with his pleasure or authority, by his order or injunction, or in his presence, all proceedings at such a meeting shall be accounted valid and observance shall be due them, just as if the meeting of the senate had been announced and held in accordance with ordinary procedure; 4. And that, whatsoever candidates for office, power, authority, or charge of any matter he shall have recommended to the Roman senate and people, and to whomsoever he shall have given or promised his support, account shall be taken extraordinarily of them at any comitia whatsoever; 5. And that it shall be lawful for him to advance and promote the boundaries of the pomerium whenever he shall think it advantageous for the state, as it was lawful for Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; 6. And that, whatsoever he shall think likely to promote the welfare of the state, the dignity of sacred and profane, public and private, interests, he shall have full right and authority to do and execute; as had the deified Augustus, Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, and Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; 7. And that, whatsoever laws and plebiscites were declared not to be binding on the deified Augustus, Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, or Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus to do by any law or bill, it shall be lawful for Imperator Caesar Vespasian Augustus to do all those things; 8. And that, whatsoever has been done, executed, decreed or commanded by Imperator Caesar Vespasian Augustus, or by any person on his order or injunction, before the passage of this law, shall be legal and valid, just as if it had been done by the people or plebs. 9. If any person has done or shall have done anything on account of this law contrary to provisions of any law, bill, plebiscite, or decree of the senate, or if, on account of this law, he shall have left undone what, in accordance with any law, bill, plebiscite, or decree of the senate, he should do, it shall not be a crime on his part, nor shall he be liable to pay any penalty to the people on that account, nor shall any person have the right of entering suit or proceeding judicially on that ground, nor shall any person allow suit concerning it to be carried on before him.

1. [It is hereby enacted] that it shall be lawful for [Imperator Caesar Vespasian Augustus] to (���), and to conclude treaties with whomsoever he shall wish, as it was lawful for the deified Augustus, for Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus and For Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; 2. And that it shall be lawful for him to convoke the senate, to propose a matter for discussion, to transmit to it a question submitted to him and to procure a decree of the senate by the proposal of a billand a division of the house; 3. And that, when a meeting of the senate shall be held in accordance with his pleasure or authority, by his order or injunction, or in his presence, all proceedings at such a meeting shall be accounted valid and observance shall be due them, just as if the meeting of the senate had been announced and held in accordance with ordinary procedure; 4. And that, whatsoever candidates for office, power, authority, or charge of any matter he shall have recommended to the Roman senate and people, and to whomsoever he shall have given or promised his support, account shall be taken extraordinarily of them at any comitia whatsoever; 5. And that it shall be lawful for him to advance and promote the boundaries of the pomerium whenever he shall think it advantageous for the state, as it was lawful for Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; 6. And that, whatsoever he shall think likely to promote the welfare of the state, the dignity of sacred and profane, public and private, interests, he shall have full right and authority to do and execute; as had the deified Augustus, Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, and Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; 7. And that, whatsoever laws and plebiscites were declared not to be binding on the deified Augustus, Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, or Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus to do by any law or bill, it shall be lawful for Imperator Caesar Vespasian Augustus to do all those things; 8. And that, whatsoever has been done, executed, decreed or commanded by Imperator Caesar Vespasian Augustus, or by any person on his order or injunction, before the passage of this law, shall be legal and valid, just as if it had been done by the people or plebs. 9. If any person has done or shall have done anything on account of this law contrary to provisions of any law, bill, plebiscite, or decree of the senate, or if, on account of this law, he shall have left undone what, in accordance with any law, bill, plebiscite, or decree of the senate, he should do, it shall not be a crime on his part, nor shall he be liable to pay any penalty to the people on that account, nor shall any person have the right of entering suit or proceeding judicially on that ground, nor shall any person allow suit concerning it to be carried on before him.

1. [It is hereby enacted] that it shall be lawful for [Imperator Caesar Vespasian Augustus] to (���), and to conclude treaties with whomsoever he shall wish, as it was lawful for the deified Augustus, for Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus and For Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; 2. And that it shall be lawful for him to convoke the senate, to propose a matter for discussion, to transmit to it a question submitted to him and to procure a decree of the senate by the proposal of a billand a division of the house; 3. And that, when a meeting of the senate shall be held in accordance with his pleasure or authority, by his order or injunction, or in his presence, all proceedings at such a meeting shall be accounted valid and observance shall be due them, just as if the meeting of the senate had been announced and held in accordance with ordinary procedure; 4. And that, whatsoever candidates for office, power, authority, or charge of any matter he shall have recommended to the Roman senate and people, and to whomsoever he shall have given or promised his support, account shall be taken extraordinarily of them at any comitia whatsoever; 5. And that it shall be lawful for him to advance and promote the boundaries of the pomerium whenever he shall think it advantageous for the state, as it was lawful for Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; 6. And that, whatsoever he shall think likely to promote the welfare of the state, the dignity of sacred and profane, public and private, interests, he shall have full right and authority to do and execute; as had the deified Augustus, Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, and Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; 7. And that, whatsoever laws and plebiscites were declared not to be binding on the deified Augustus, Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, or Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus to do by any law or bill, it shall be lawful for Imperator Caesar Vespasian Augustus to do all those things; 8. And that, whatsoever has been done, executed, decreed or commanded by Imperator Caesar Vespasian Augustus, or by any person on his order or injunction, before the passage of this law, shall be legal and valid, just as if it had been done by the people or plebs. 9. If any person has done or shall have done anything on account of this law contrary to provisions of any law, bill, plebiscite, or decree of the senate, or if, on account of this law, he shall have left undone what, in accordance with any law, bill, plebiscite, or decree of the senate, he should do, it shall not be a crime on his part, nor shall he be liable to pay any penalty to the people on that account, nor shall any person have the right of entering suit or proceeding judicially on that ground, nor shall any person allow suit concerning it to be carried on before him.

1. [It is hereby enacted] that it shall be lawful for [Imperator Caesar Vespasian Augustus] to (…), and to conclude treaties with whomsoever he shall wish, as it was lawful for the deified Augustus, for Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus and For Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; 2. And that it shall be lawful for him to convoke the senate, to propose a matter for discussion, to transmit to it a question submitted to him and to procure a decree of the senate by the proposal of a billand a division of the house; 3. And that, when a meeting of the senate shall be held in accordance with his pleasure or authority, by his order or injunction, or in his presence, all proceedings at such a meeting shall be accounted valid and observance shall be due them, just as if the meeting of the senate had been announced and held in accordance with ordinary procedure; 4. And that, whatsoever candidates for office, power, authority, or charge of any matter he shall have recommended to the Roman senate and people, and to whomsoever he shall have given or promised his support, account shall be taken extraordinarily of them at any comitia whatsoever; 5. And that it shall be lawful for him to advance and promote the boundaries of the pomerium whenever he shall think it advantageous for the state, as it was lawful for Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; 6. And that, whatsoever he shall think likely to promote the welfare of the state, the dignity of sacred and profane, public and private, interests, he shall have full right and authority to do and execute; as had the deified Augustus, Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, and Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; 7. And that, whatsoever laws and plebiscites were declared not to be binding on the deified Augustus, Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, or Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus to do by any law or bill, it shall be lawful for Imperator Caesar Vespasian Augustus to do all those things; 8. And that, whatsoever has been done, executed, decreed or commanded by Imperator Caesar Vespasian Augustus, or by any person on his order or injunction, before the passage of this law, shall be legal and valid, just as if it had been done by the people or plebs. 9. If any person has done or shall have done anything on account of this law contrary to provisions of any law, bill, plebiscite, or decree of the senate, or if, on account of this law, he shall have left undone what, in accordance with any law, bill, plebiscite, or decree of the senate, he should do, it shall not be a crime on his part, nor shall he be liable to pay any penalty to the people on that account, nor shall any person have the right of entering suit or proceeding judicially on that ground, nor shall any person allow suit concerning it to be carried on before him.